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The festival Nghinh Ong is organized annually in HCMC’s Can Gio District and this year the social and cultural event kicked off in the coastal town of Can Thanh on Friday with a Vietnamese goods fair, hosted by the Investment and Trade Promotion Center in HCMC (ITPC). According to La Quoc Khanh, deputy director of [...]
The number of foreign tourists to arrive in Viet Nam in March reached 473,000, lifting the total arrivals in the first quarter to 1.35 million, up 36.2 per cent over the same period last year, according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment. Improving the quality of service was also very …
The national flag carrier, Vietnam Airlines, on Sunday launched the first direct flight routes linking Shanghai with both HCM City and Ha Noi. The carrier operates four flights per week on the HCM City-Shanghai route and three flights per week on the Ha Noi-Shanghai route with Airbus A321 planes. Vietnam Airlines launched …
Vietnam Airlines launched its first air route from Ho Chi Minh City to the Mekong delta city of Can Tho and Phu Quoc island on March 28 at the Can Tho international airport. Vietnam Airlines will offer passengers five flights a week, on every Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday, using the …
On the occasion of Women’s Day, Ben Thanh Tourist in HCMC has launched tours for all women to celebrate the special holiday. Because International Women’s Day is next Monday, a working day, the tour operator is arranging one and two-day tours suitable during this weekend or on Monday. Tourists walk on the beach to …
Travel firms all say they will continue quoting low fees to attract domestic travelers. Home-grown tourists were the main prop of the tourism industry in the aftermath of the world financial crisis, reports VietNamNet. Several southern firms have announced a 35-40 percent tour fee decrease. A five day tour of central Vietnam (Da Nang – [...]
Vietnam Airlines announced Wednesday it would open a direct route between Hanoi and Myanmar’s Yangon on March 2, operating four flights a week with Fokker 70 aircraft. Vietnam Airlines aircraft in Hanoi’s Noi Bai International Airport, where the carrier will launch Myanmar service on March 2, 2010 (Photo: SGGP) The national carrier said it would [...]
AirAsia, a major low-cost airline in Asia, said it has purchased a 30 percent stake in VietJet Aviation of Vietnam to establish a budget carrier based in the country. AirAsia aircraft at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi (Photo: VNE) AirAsia’s Vietnam representative office sent out a statement Thursday saying that the new carrier will [...]
With overseas trips increasingly popular for Tet holidays, air carriers have announced that tickets are running out and as a result – fees are high. Travel firms have confirmed that despite the economic downturn and high prices, Vietnamese people are still planning to travel abroad this Tet in large numbers. In fact, the number of [...]
National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines is scheduled to receive 16 Airbus A321 aircraft in 2010 to expand its fleet of 58 planes. The corporation has transported about 9.3 million passengers this year, including more than six million on domestic routes, increasing by 16% on the year before. The airline plans to open new routes to [...]